For those of you who have been asking information about the fall flight of the Chiricahua White - Priscilla Brodkin reported the first of the season of which I...
Hi Chris... Regarding your Blue, my take would be that it isn't a Melissa female but an Acmon, texana perhaps. A more discerning ID from those more seasoned...
Chris: It looks like a Texan Blue to me. Scientific name Plebejus acmon texanus, Plebejus lupini texanus or Plebejus texanus depending on your view of its...
Everyone: I recommend all of you who contribute records to the annual Season Summaries published by the Lepidopterists' Society get a copy of this publication....
Everyone: Today (October 7th), it was a stunning view overlooking Castaic Lake and looking northward and westward to mountains and canyons with blue skies...
Plenty of butterflies there today around noon. I saw the following: Pipevine swallowtail (2) Giant swallowtail (1) Cloudless sulphur (4) Mexican yellow (5) ...
Dear Lepsters, A Boisduval's Yellow was present in our yard this afternoon where I photographed it as it nectared on red Tithonia blossoms. This was our first...
All, I haven't posted any yard sightings in some time mainly because for most of the year it really has been quiet and I don't post unless it's good. Diversity...
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Oct 10, 2007 3:41 am
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SEABA Meetings are at 7:00PM at the Tucson Botanical Gardens on Alvernon just south of Grant in Tucson. October 16, 2007 CJ's Desert Dwellers: Butterflies,...
Jim: You are one of the few of us that has home field advantage in finding those butterflies. I just finished reading the new book on finding Arizona...
Jim, Is there a fence between your yard and Bob's? Alex ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a...
Jim and all, Yes, an impressive yard list for one day! Our yard list for 720 Fairfax Street, Denver, CO, where we planted many nectar sources but few...
32 ties our record for one day around three years ago in our garden which is about 15' in diameter. Bob Behrstock probably has had more. Our yard list is up...
Everyone: I had a chance to read Finding Butterflies in Arizona by Richard Bailowitz and Hank Brodkin in its entirety. A nice approach in helping visitors to...
Ken D. wrote: "I had a chance to read Finding Butterflies in Arizona by Richard Bailowitz and Hank Brodkin...California, Texas, Colorado and New Mexico are...
"Chris" wrote: Jim - MUST BE NICE! :-) My roster of backyard butterflies (for that past several weeks) consists of roughly 5 species; ... - Chris Where is your...
The coolest butterflies I have seen or taken in my yard was an Arizona Sister (Adelpha eulalia) and a Desert Marble (Euchloe (hyantis) lotta). The lotta I...
Todd, I get a Sister sighting about once a year, flying over or through the yard, usually in October. Strange I've never seen one from the late spring brood?? ...
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Well, I have a modest (esp. in terms of native vegetation!) yard snack in the middle of Tucson. No species lists, but I do have four very nice moth species ...
Bruce Walsh
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Everyone: I collected four Dogface Butterflies (Zerene cesonia) scenes and stamps on my trip to buy more stamps at the Post Office Wednesday. The stamps...
Hi Ken and all, Very nice! Actually a few Painted Ladies and West Coast Ladies are in our area. Both are using cheeseweed. Richard in Long Beach ... From:...
The company that published both the Texas and Arizona Finding books has been bought by another publishing house. It is my understanding that they probably...
Native plant sale at the El Dorado Nature Center Saturday, October 27 9-12 noon 7550 E. Spring St., Long Beach, CA (562) 570-1750 Lots of butterfly larval...
Dear Ken, As good as a collector as I know you are, I see you missed three species which are also flying currently at your local post office: Magdalena Alpine...
Fred, Ken, Rich, and rest: Not to plug any particular vendor; but, there is a service out there where you can take the digital image of any pinned specimen,...
Hank and all, For decades I have shown 2 dots for each of the northern Arizona counties, north and south. For Apache, Mohave and Navajo counties, the...
I was house-sitting today at a friend's house in Oro Valley (NW Tucson). They have a large property with a pond and lots of lantana, which made for some fine...
Fred: I'll have to get back to the post office and add those to my stamp collection. Fortunately, I have series of the real Melissa Arctic from Colorado and...
Everyone: An issue came up in a private message from Hank Brodkin that I think might be important to cover to a wider audience. Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon...
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